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Wali Babar case moved to Central Jail

The last hearing of the case was on June 1, but it wasn’t heard because the investigating officer couldn’t appear in court. KARACHI: The trial of the men accused in the murder of Wali Babar, a journalist with Geo TV, will now be conducted in Central Jail. The case is being heard by the Anti-Terrorism […]


SC says no journalist can be forced to disclose sources

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued the judgement of NICL Inquiry Commission on the question of compelling a journalist to reveal his source of information and has held that no journalist could be compelled to do so. Justice Ghulam Rabbani, judge of the Supreme Court and head of the NICL Inquiry Commission, issued the judgment […]


Journalists highlight cyber intrusion, surveillance

Journalists say the atmosphere for reporting was becoming more hostile. KARACHI: Senior journalists and editors hailing from different newspapers of KP, Balochistan and Sindh on Saturday talked about the new challenges facing their profession in recent years. Gathering for a round table meeting on Reporting Conflict at the Avari Hotel, journalists said that they worried […]


Pakistan Press Foundation Editors’ Roundtable on Reporting Conflict

June 9, 2012 Karachi Media houses, CSOs and Journalist organizations should formulate code of conduct Conflicts in different areas of the country are not being properly reported in the media due to threats of different pressure groups and there is a dire need to address this sensitive issue. This was said by participants of a […]


Pakistan Press Foundation Editors’ Roundtable on Reporting Conflict

June 9, 2012 Karachi Conflicts in different areas of the country are not being properly reported in the media due to threats of different pressure groups and there is a dire need to address this sensitive issue. This was said by participants of a roundtable discussion with editors and reporters from print media, and representatives […]


Ban on websites

The Pakistan government’s war against the internet resulted in the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocking a host of torrent websites that allow people to download music, movies and TV shows. On the face of it, the justification for this ban is that these websites allow users to circumvent copyright laws and steal intellectual property. But […]


The war on journalism

Mustafa Qadri IT was on May 31, 2011 that Saleem Shahzad’s broken body was found in Mandi Bahauddin, several kilometres from his home in Islamabad. Abducted, tortured and murdered, the journalist had previously complained of attempts to intimidate him by the powerful Inter Services Intelligence agency (ISI).Twelve months on and, despite a public outcry and […]


Protest against police torture on journalist

LAKKI MARWAT – The local journalist community took out a rally in Naurang town on Wednesday to protest against the alleged police torture on their colleagues in Bannu. President of District Press Club Hafiz Minhajud Din led the rally, which started from Pasban Plaza and converged at the bus stand on main GT Road. Local […]


Expressing concern: PBA renews opposition to proposed Pemra resolution

Says the authority is trying to restrict media freedom. The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) has renewed its objections to the proposed Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority resolution. According to a PBA press release issued on Thursday, the initial objections to the draft Pemra (Content) Resolutions 2012 were sent on May 25. PBA expressed concern regarding […]


Protest against killing of journalist

QUETTA: Media persons under the auspices of the Balochistan Union of Journalists held a demonstration here on Wednesday and called upon the government to arrest the killers of Abdul Qadir Hajizai, the reporter of a private TV channel at Basima in Washuk district, who was murdered two days ago. The protesters holding placards and banners […]


Slain, in the line of duty: A year on, Saleem Shahzad’s culprits remain at large

By Asad Kharal LAHORE: A year after journalist Saleem Shahzad was assassinated, his killers are yet to be apprehended and recommendations of an inquiry commission formed to probe the incident implemented, said the victim’s family and human rights groups. By not pointing out the culprits behind Shahzad’s murder, the commission’s findings have granted a ‘licence […]


Journalist killed, house of another attacked

QUETTA: Abdul Qadir Hajizai, the headmaster of a middle school and a part time journalist, was gunned down in Basima area of Washik district on Monday, Levies Force sources said. Mr Hajizai was going home when armed men on a motorcycle opened fire on him. He was injured and taken to hospital where he died. […]


‘Prime suspect’s killing just proves the obvious’

Saher Baloch Karachi: Mohabbat Khan Babar expressed his belief in the adage ‘you reap what you sow’ as he talked about the killing on Saturday of Liaqat Ali, the prime suspect in the murder case of his brother, Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar, in a police “encounter”. “He was a criminal; he had to […]


The News staffer’s house attacked again

Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: In yet another attempt to threaten senior journalist of The News, Shakeel Anjum, for exposing criminals, some half a dozen unknown men attacked his house on Saturday night, breaking a light fixture at the main gate, harassing the family and leaving a ‘message’ for the journalist. Fortunately the family of Shakeel Ajum […]